Strong's Lexicon

H5316

H5316 — נֶפֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewnephethnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1331c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5316
Word:נֶפֶת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:for H5299
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:nepheth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:neh'-feth
Meaning:1. a height
KJV Renderings:country.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1893

II. דּאֹר, דּוֺר proper name [of a location] (Phoenician דאר; cuneiform Du'ru KG121 COT on Josh 17:11) city in Manasseh, on Mediterranean, south of Carmel (9 Roman miles north of Caesarea, compare LagOnom. 115, 2nd ed.149), דּוֺר Josh 12:23 דּוֺר וּבְנוֺתֶיהָ Judg 1:27; 1Chr 7:29 = ׳ דּאֹר וּב Josh 17:11 נָפַת דּוֺר Josh 12:23 = נָפַת דּאֹר 1Kgs 4:11 נָפוֺת דּוֺר Josh 11:2 (compare נפה); modern ˆan‰ura ( ˆor‰ura ) WilsonLands of Bible ii. 249 van de VeldeNarrat. i. 333 BdPal 238 compare Di Josh 11:2. On עֵיןדֹּֿר(דּוֺרׅ see below עַיִן.


BDB5085

[נֶ֫פֶת] noun feminine id.; — only הַנָּ֑פֶת Josh 17:11 (but read perhapsהַנָּפֹת, from foregoing, see Di; ᵐ5 Μαφετα, A. Ναφεθα, ᵐ5 L Ναφεθ, compare Josh 12:23 [above below II.נָפָה] ᵐ5 L Ναφαθδως. — נֹפֶת honey, see נפת .


נוֺצָה see I.נצה.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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